SYMBIOTIC RELATION

What is Symbiotic Relation

Symbiosis is close and often long-term interaction between two

different biological species

Examples of Symbiotic relation

Symbiosis in lichensis the mutually helpfulsymbiotic relationshipof

gree algaeand/or blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) living among
filaments of afungus.The fungus benefits from the algae or
cyanobacteria because they produce food byphotosynthesis. The algae
or cyanobacteria benefit by being protected from the environment by
the filaments of the fungus, which also gather moisture and nutrients
from the environment, and (usually) provide an anchor to it. The lichen
combination of fungus and/or algae and/or cyanobacteria has a very
different form (morphology),physiology , andbiochemistry than the
parts growing by themselves.

Rhizobium

Rhizobiaaresoilbacteriathatfixnitrogen(diazotrophs) after
becoming established insideroot nodulesoflegumes(Fabaceae). In
order to express genes for nitrogen fixation, rhizobia require aplant
host; they cannot independently fix nitrogen